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Accelerating IntelligenceWed, 16 Aug 2017 20:41:31 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1By: meeesterhttp://www.kurzweilai.net/watch-32-discordant-metronomes-achieve-synchrony-in-a-matter-of-minutes/comment-page-1#comment-38130
meeesterThu, 04 Oct 2012 15:45:34 +0000http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=165548#comment-38130and you will either be VERY wrong x32 for a few days or they will unwittingly plot to cover the whole monthso that someone is always on duty to define your wrongness erery day of the month, including the stray Feb. 29ths.and you will either be VERY wrong x32 for a few days or they will unwittingly plot to cover the whole monthso that someone is always on duty to define your wrongness erery day of the month, including the stray Feb. 29ths.
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BriWed, 03 Oct 2012 23:09:53 +0000http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=165548#comment-37866It takes longer than a month. It part of our circadian cycles. You'll still get cat fights, after they synch. In terms of evolution, it's advantageous for children to be reared at the same time. It also explains men being aroused by women who have a sexual relationship together.It takes longer than a month. It part of our circadian cycles. You’ll still get cat fights, after they synch. In terms of evolution, it’s advantageous for children to be reared at the same time. It also explains men being aroused by women who have a sexual relationship together.
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BobWed, 03 Oct 2012 21:23:31 +0000http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=165548#comment-37760...so if you put 32 women in the same room.... over a month or so they all get on the same cycle.... (or you get a cat fight).…so if you put 32 women in the same room…. over a month or so they all get on the same cycle…. (or you get a cat fight).
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sblackMon, 01 Oct 2012 19:31:15 +0000http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=165548#comment-36844Be sure to see related:
http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/huygenss-clocks-revisited
American Scientist | "In 1665, the great Dutch scientist Christiaan Huygens, inventor of the pendulum clock, wrote to the Royal Society of London to tell them of his discovery of an "odd kind of sympathy" between the pendulums of two clocks hung together. This effect remained a mystery for three and a half centuries, but the Royal Society has now published an explanation of the curious interaction Huygens observed, the result of a study done at the Georgia Institute of Technology...
"According to Steven Strogatz, an applied mathematician at Cornell University, Huygens's discovery was the first-ever observation of what physicists call coupled oscillation—at least in inanimate objects. In the 20th century, coupled oscillators took on great practical importance because of two discoveries: lasers, in which different atoms give off light waves that all oscillate in unison, and superconductors, in which pairs of electrons oscillate in synchrony, allowing electricity to flow with almost no resistance. Coupled oscillators are even more ubiquitous in nature, showing up, for example, in the synchronized flashing of fireflies and chirping of crickets, and in the pacemaker cells that regulate heartbeats. "The theme of synchronization between coupled oscillators is one of the most pervasive in nature," Strogatz says.
The Georgia Tech team is now trying to extend its mathematical analysis to formulate a single law that would apply to all coupled oscillators and predict under what conditions they will become synchronized or antisynchronized. "It looks as if there is a mathematical principle that would be equally valid in all these cases," Wiesenfeld says. "I'm pretty sure we wouldn't have stumbled across it if we hadn't had the experience of looking at the problem of Huygens's clocks."—Erica KlarreichBe sure to see related:http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/huygenss-clocks-revisited

American Scientist | “In 1665, the great Dutch scientist Christiaan Huygens, inventor of the pendulum clock, wrote to the Royal Society of London to tell them of his discovery of an “odd kind of sympathy” between the pendulums of two clocks hung together. This effect remained a mystery for three and a half centuries, but the Royal Society has now published an explanation of the curious interaction Huygens observed, the result of a study done at the Georgia Institute of Technology…

“According to Steven Strogatz, an applied mathematician at Cornell University, Huygens’s discovery was the first-ever observation of what physicists call coupled oscillation—at least in inanimate objects. In the 20th century, coupled oscillators took on great practical importance because of two discoveries: lasers, in which different atoms give off light waves that all oscillate in unison, and superconductors, in which pairs of electrons oscillate in synchrony, allowing electricity to flow with almost no resistance. Coupled oscillators are even more ubiquitous in nature, showing up, for example, in the synchronized flashing of fireflies and chirping of crickets, and in the pacemaker cells that regulate heartbeats. “The theme of synchronization between coupled oscillators is one of the most pervasive in nature,” Strogatz says.

The Georgia Tech team is now trying to extend its mathematical analysis to formulate a single law that would apply to all coupled oscillators and predict under what conditions they will become synchronized or antisynchronized. “It looks as if there is a mathematical principle that would be equally valid in all these cases,” Wiesenfeld says. “I’m pretty sure we wouldn’t have stumbled across it if we hadn’t had the experience of looking at the problem of Huygens’s clocks.”—Erica Klarreich

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geeketteMon, 01 Oct 2012 16:09:48 +0000http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=165548#comment-36775Resonance - a phenomena in electromagnetics as well, is the basis for many of the health concerns regarding man made emf... since we are biologically in resonance with the earth. when our cells of the brain or other tissues adapt to a cellphone or other device, it changes us. Much of this has been studied at this point and few of the public know about such ideas.Resonance – a phenomena in electromagnetics as well, is the basis for many of the health concerns regarding man made emf… since we are biologically in resonance with the earth. when our cells of the brain or other tissues adapt to a cellphone or other device, it changes us. Much of this has been studied at this point and few of the public know about such ideas.
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UConnRonMon, 01 Oct 2012 15:21:13 +0000http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=165548#comment-36760Is this more evidence of nature's quest for order and equilbrium?Is this more evidence of nature’s quest for order and equilbrium?
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BriMon, 01 Oct 2012 10:27:27 +0000http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=165548#comment-36675Kind of like that desk top toy of swinging metal balls that just touch. If you picked off two on one end and let them swing, two would swing off the other end.Kind of like that desk top toy of swinging metal balls that just touch. If you picked off two on one end and let them swing, two would swing off the other end.
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